The Lopsidedness of American Politics

American politics is hard to follow. Even for political junkies, there seems to be endless paradigm, perspectives, and comparisons. In The Cat in the Bag, Howard Towt fairly well describes one way to look at modern American political landscape, through the prism of a cultural observation. He described how, during the 2004 presidential campaign, he noticed a lopsidedness that he couldn’t explain, except to say that our elite culture was anti-Republican Party.

Towt, a former Vietnam War pilot, informs his reader in a unique way. He compares the presentation of political news in this country as cultural attributes. As such, media portray things through the lens of a culture that assumes the Republican Party to be against all that is good.  Read more